WAMC/School List: 3.92 cGPA/3.88 sGPA, 511 MCAT, CA ORM

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1. 3.92 cGPA, 3.88 sGPA
2. 511 (128/127/127/129)
3. California
4. Asian
5. UCLA
6. ~450 hours as Medical Assistant (ongoing), ~430 hours in street-side clinic serving the unhoused (leadership position; also includes non-clinical responsibilities such as writing grants for organization funding, serving food and distributing items to unhoused individuals, etc.)
7. 300 hours in Rheumatology clinical lab/clinical research organization (leadership position), presented on behalf of organization/lab at UCLA's Undergraduate Research Week; ~500 hours in Gastroenterology wet lab, co-authored abstract for national conference and recognized as poster of distinction
8. 25 hours of shadowing in Family Medicine, Pediatrics
9. ~35 hours as Cub Scout Leader (ongoing), 15 hours as clinical research mentor for students underrepresented in STEM, 90 hours as mentor for at-risk youth
10. ~100 hours paid tutoring, ~100 hours as learning assistant for Physics lab
11. Community service award from undergraduate institution, Scholarship awarded to 20 students of Vietnamese heritage in Southern California, Eagle Scout (before college, but listed in awards), Latin Honors, Dean's List, Departmental Honors
12. 2 gap years; need help cutting down school list/advice on adding DO schools: UCLA, UCSD, UCR, UCD, UCI, California University, UCSF, Albany Medical College, Rosalind Franklin, Drexel, Quinnipiac, Temple, Loyola Stritch, Medical College of Wisconsin, Oakland, Penn State, Vermont, Rush, Tulane, Illinois, Wake Forest, Wayne State, West Virginia, Wright State, UW-Madison, Creighton, George Washington, Georgetown, Ohio State, SLU, Thomas Jefferson, UofA Phoenix, Cincinatti, UMass, Pitt, VCU, TCU, Colorado

 

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You have several state public schools on your list that admit few applicants with your stats and no strong connection to the state. Loyola, Creighton, St. Louis, Georgetown and Rush are looking for applicants with many hundreds or thousands of hours of non clinical volunteering. Your lack of non clinical volunteering (excluding mentoring) will limit your chances for interviews at some schools as some schools screen at 150 hours.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Albany
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
NOVA MD
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
TCU
Ponce (St. Louis)
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
California University
California Northstate
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
Kaiser
UC Davis
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
For DO schools I suggest these:
WESTERN
TUCOM-CA
CHSU-COM
AZCOM
TUNCOM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
DMU-COM
CUSOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
MU-COM

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Welcome to the forums.

Something doesn't add up. I'm okay with the Eagle Scout commendation as one of the few things you could list as an honor, but I don't see what you did to get a university award for community service.

What did you do with the street-side clinic? Can you break down your hours in leadership (fundraising, executive board) from your hours directly serving the unhoused (food distribution, hygiene kit? distribution)? You might have enough non-clinical/service orientation hours to satisfy me.

 

[squidwardfan35]

Welcome to the forums.

Something doesn't add up. I'm okay with the Eagle Scout commendation as one of the few things you could list as an honor, but I don't see what you did to get a university award for community service.

What did you do with the street-side clinic? Can you break down your hours in leadership (fundraising, executive board) from your hours directly serving the unhoused (food distribution, hygiene kit? distribution)? You might have enough non-clinical/service orientation hours to satisfy me.

Thanks for your response! The street-side clinic was my most meaningful experience, and it was one of my major talking points for the community service award. In regards to the breakdown of hours, I would say that 150 hours consisted of caseworking/taking social histories of unhoused clients alongside medical students/physicians, 130 hours serving food and distributing items like hygiene kits, clothing, etc., 150 hours of leadership/writing and organizing grants/attending grant hearings, etc. In hindsight, I’m not sure if classifying it as clinical volunteering was the right move; I’ve been beating myself up for not classifying it as non-clinical volunteering instead since more hours were technically non-clinical. Would love to hear your thoughts further after providing this information though!

 

[squidwardfan35]

You have several state public schools on your list that admit few applicants with your stats and no strong connection to the state. Loyola, Creighton, St. Louis, Georgetown and Rush are looking for applicants with many hundreds or thousands of hours of non clinical volunteering. Your lack of non clinical volunteering (excluding mentoring) will limit your chances for interviews at some schools as some schools screen at 150 hours.
I suggest these schools with your stats:
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Albany
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
George Washington
Virginia Commonwealth
Eastern Virginia
Wake Forest
Methodist (when it opens)
NOVA MD
Belmont
Alice Walton
Roseman
TCU
Ponce (St. Louis)
Medical College Wisconsin
Oakland Beaumont
Wayne State
California University
California Northstate
Loma Linda (if you fit their mission)
Kaiser
UC Davis
UC Riverside (if you are from that region)
For DO schools I suggest these:
WESTERN
TUCOM-CA
CHSU-COM
AZCOM
TUNCOM
ATSU-KCOM
KCU-COM
DMU-COM
CUSOM
NYITCOM
Touro-NY
MU-COM

Thank you for your reply! I’ll definitely take this into consideration. With GradPLUS loans seemingly being capped to $50K/year due to the ongoing bill being discussed in Congress, are there any real downsides to applying to California Northstate now that they have been accredited? Super curious because I was on the fence about adding them to my list.

 

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Thank you for your reply! I’ll definitely take this into consideration. With GradPLUS loans seemingly being capped to $50K/year due to the ongoing bill being discussed in Congress, are there any real downsides to applying to California Northstate now that they have been accredited? Super curious because I was on the fence about adding them to my list.

If California Northstate is your only MD acceptance and you have several DO acceptances, you will need to do the financial calculations and decide which is best for you.